Elements of the English Language, Or, Analytical Orthography: Designed to Teach the Philosophy of Orthography and Orthoepy : Adapted to Schools |
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accented syllable alphabet Analytical Orthography articulation aspr b-cons breath broad sound called cognate compound word cons consonant sound heard d-cons dental derivative word different sounds digraph diphthong Direction Dissyllable distinctly e-vowel elementary sounds English language EXAMPLES FOR ANALYSIS EXERCISES IN ANALYSIS flat sound following examples g soft g-cons Genus labial letters ling lingual long sound medial sound Monosyllable mouth Mute or semivowel n-cons n-consonant never silent organs of speech orthoepists orthoepy palatal Polysyllable preceded prefix primary accent primitive word principles pronounce the word pupils r-cons repre represent this sound Rule scholars schools secondary accent semi short sound signifies silent final single consonant sound of sh sound when followed Speak the word subvocal sound suffix t-cons teacher teeth tion tongue triphthong Trisyllable unaccented uttered v-cons vowel or consonant vowel sound vowel Speak Wright xebec
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Page 39 - A, a; B, b; C, c ; D, d; E, e ; F, f; G, g; H, h; I, i; J, j; K, k ; L, 1; M, m ; N, n...
Page 38 - Amidst the mists and coldest frosts, With barest wrists and stoutest boasts, He thrusts his fists against the posts, And still insists he sees the ghosts.
Page 69 - There is scarcely any thing which more distinguishes a person of poor education from a person of a good one, than the pronunciation of the unaccented vowels. When vowels are under the accent, the best speakers and the lowest of the people, with very few exceptions, pronounce them in the same manner ; but the unaccented vowels in the mouths of the former, have a distinct, open and specific sound, while the latter often totally sink them, or change them into some other sound.
Page 116 - DOUBLING. A final consonant, when it is not preceded by a single vowel, or when the accent is not on the last syllable, should remain single before an additional syllable : as, toil, toiling ; visit, visited ; general, generalize.
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Page 116 - Monosyllables, and words accented on the last syllable, when they end with a single consonant preceded by a single vowel, double their final consonant before an additional syllable that begins with a vowel : as, rob, robber ; permit, permitt,ng.
Page 56 - ... consonant between two vowels goes with the latter. (See 4.) 2. Two different consonants, or the two same consonants between two vowels, must be separated. (See 4.) 3. The compound consonants flj, plj, $, tf, \, ffl), jj, ft, fo are never parted in dividing the syllables.
Page 38 - When a twister a twisting Would twist him a twist, To twist him a twist He three twines doth entwist ; But when one of the twines That he twisteth, untwists, The twine that untwisted) Untwisteth the twisr.
Page 38 - Theophilus Thistle, the successful thistle sifter, in sifting a sieve full of unsifted thistles, thrust three thousand thistles through the thick of his thumb...
Page 69 - When vowels are under the accent, the prince, and the lowest of the people in the metropolis, with very few exceptions, pronounce them in the same manner ; but the unaccented vowels in the mouth of the former have a distinct, open, and specific sound, while the latter often totally sink...